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kim jong il wanted to hold onto power at all costs. he was behind north korea's nuclear program and the country's first nuclear tests. the armed forces unconditionally backed him, in part likely because his family was awarded a key military positions. his youngest sister eventually became a general. her husband is a top government adviser and a powerful politician. kim jong il died in 2011, but the next family member was already waiting in the wings -- his oldest son, kim jong un. >> the bank of japan has announced radical measures to spur economic growth. >> it has promised to double its government bond holdings over the next two years. the steps are aimed at increasing the money supply and decreasing inflation. the news sent the nikkei stock index soaring. elsewhere, the bank of england left its main lending rate unchanged. the european central bank in frankfurt also left its rate unchanged. the price of money is 0.75%. the hope is the low rates will encourage businesses to invest in new economic activity. >> ok, so, a lot of action
kim jong il wanted to hold onto power at all costs. he was behind north korea's nuclear program and the country's first nuclear tests. the armed forces unconditionally backed him, in part likely because his family was awarded a key military positions. his youngest sister eventually became a general. her husband is a top government adviser and a powerful politician. kim jong il died in 2011, but the next family member was already waiting in the wings -- his oldest son, kim jong un. >> the...
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the few here is that kim jong and does not want to provoke a conflict with america. -- kim jong un does not want to provoke a conflict with america. ago, i a brief time discussed the latest developments with a north korean specialist at harvard kennedy school. how much of a threat is this missile they have moved? >> this is a missile that is still in a developmental phase. what we're seeing are the north koreans trying to improve on that technology. the east coast is an area where they have conducted many tests. this is an effort to increase the range and payload which is an important aspect as they try to been a tries a warhead. >> the rhetoric could hardly be much more alarming but in south korea they don't seem too unnerved. why is that? >> south korea has lived in the shadow of the threat since the end of the korean war. korea hashat south grown accustomed to focusing on economic development and enjoying prosperity, the threats are background noise. what is different are the north korean cyber attacks. that gets the attention of your average citizen. these missile tests are backgrou
the few here is that kim jong and does not want to provoke a conflict with america. -- kim jong un does not want to provoke a conflict with america. ago, i a brief time discussed the latest developments with a north korean specialist at harvard kennedy school. how much of a threat is this missile they have moved? >> this is a missile that is still in a developmental phase. what we're seeing are the north koreans trying to improve on that technology. the east coast is an area where they...
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no surprise-- kim jong un is a sworn enemy of the south by southwest festival. [laughter] i mean -- [cheers and applause] i have managed to obtain this footage. >> (translated) it's just gotten so commercial lately. i saw wilco play this tiny club in '95 and it was awesome, but these days it feels like they've sold out. i say let's turn austin into a desolate wasteland like houston. [laughter] >> stephen: so, will north korea attack america? or will we bomb them forward into the stone age? who can say? here to say is georgetown university professor and author of "the impossible state," victor cha. mr. cha, thank you so much for joining me. [cheers and applause] you wrote the book on the regime here in north korea "the impossible state." should i actually be frightened of what is happening in north korea? is it like ah he's crazy or ahhh he's crazy? >> i think it's a little of both. on the one hand he has done a lot of weird things over the past year that look harmless but on the other hand they are developing weapons, long range missiles, nuclear weapons and try
no surprise-- kim jong un is a sworn enemy of the south by southwest festival. [laughter] i mean -- [cheers and applause] i have managed to obtain this footage. >> (translated) it's just gotten so commercial lately. i saw wilco play this tiny club in '95 and it was awesome, but these days it feels like they've sold out. i say let's turn austin into a desolate wasteland like houston. [laughter] >> stephen: so, will north korea attack america? or will we bomb them forward into the...
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kim jong-un has ordered missile units to attack south korea and the u.s. mainland after american bombers flew trianing missions across south korea. >> he is young, untested, and says he wants to settle scores with american imperialists. he rallied his generals to aim the rockets at u.s. bases in hawaii. north korea is on a war footing, with military parades in pyongyang. news broadcasts are full of theater and threats, 20 this far alone. from turning washington to a lake of fire and cutting military hotlines to south korea. it is an effort to eget washington's attention. they say the bellicose record only deepens the isolation in the u.s. and the u.s. remains committed to its allies, and demonstrated it. fromuclear capables flew missouri to the penninsula of korea. china appealed for calm. nobody believes north korea will launch rockets but a small incident could escalate. >> sergei lavrov saiys unilateral actions could mena it could spiral out of control. he may have meant north korea as much as the u.s. >> the war of words is part of the relationship wit
kim jong-un has ordered missile units to attack south korea and the u.s. mainland after american bombers flew trianing missions across south korea. >> he is young, untested, and says he wants to settle scores with american imperialists. he rallied his generals to aim the rockets at u.s. bases in hawaii. north korea is on a war footing, with military parades in pyongyang. news broadcasts are full of theater and threats, 20 this far alone. from turning washington to a lake of fire and...
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. >> the bottom line is very simply that what kim jong-un has been choosing to do is provocative, it is dangerous, reckless, and the united states will not accept the dprk as a nuclear state. >> north korea detonated a small nuclear bomb seven weeks ago. this has escalated the ongoing cycle of provocation by north korea and counter-provocation by the u.s. and the u.n. march 7th, u.n. security council votes unanimously to sanction pee i don't sanction pyongyang. march 11th, the u.s., and south korea, our longstanding ally, began joint annual war games. march 12th. north korea nullifies korean war's 60-year-old armistice between north and south and threatens to attack. march 20, north korea launches cyber attack on seoul, south korea. march 22. the u.s. and ally south korea announce an agreement to retaliate jointly against any attack. march 26th, north korea puts artillery and market forces on highest alert and cuts its hotline to south korea. march 28th. the u.s. displays its nuclear umbrella in action. two b-2 stealth bombers make a daylight bombing run in south korea. april 2, tues
. >> the bottom line is very simply that what kim jong-un has been choosing to do is provocative, it is dangerous, reckless, and the united states will not accept the dprk as a nuclear state. >> north korea detonated a small nuclear bomb seven weeks ago. this has escalated the ongoing cycle of provocation by north korea and counter-provocation by the u.s. and the u.n. march 7th, u.n. security council votes unanimously to sanction pee i don't sanction pyongyang. march 11th, the u.s.,...
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concern that north korea kim jong-un is backing himself back in a corner. trash talk and saving face. he prepared rockets to fire on south korea and u.s.. there he is . another shows him studying battle plans with u.s. main land strike plan. see it in the back. there it is. >> and close up show a black line with dc and left-sideand possible austin or austin. that they are also targeting hawaii. why they are i don't know . there is a broadcast of kim inside of his war room. >> [laughing] oh, oh, oh. >> we should be worried. the missiles do look like crayionings. terry should we go to war or would we go to war because this guy doesn't want to lose face. is this how war starts >> no, no. here's the thing. not are we china -- north korea is their (bleep) and does that make sense. >> great way to put it. >> because was that china will never allow north korea to ruin what they have. china right now owns us and love that we are distracted by north korea. we are wondering what china is doing to take our eye off of them. crayon missiles that is a real photo. we shou
concern that north korea kim jong-un is backing himself back in a corner. trash talk and saving face. he prepared rockets to fire on south korea and u.s.. there he is . another shows him studying battle plans with u.s. main land strike plan. see it in the back. there it is. >> and close up show a black line with dc and left-sideand possible austin or austin. that they are also targeting hawaii. why they are i don't know . there is a broadcast of kim inside of his war room. >>...
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still, south korea and washington are taking the threats by kim jong-un seriously. >> even if he may be bluffing he's obviously listening to hard liners. every time there's a new south korean president they test them with a military provocation. >> reporter: tension in the region is nothing new. they have technically been in is a ate of war for of -- state of war for 60 years, but on a border island residents are nervous. [ speaking foreign language ] this 83-year-old says my heart is beating hard every day. worrying what if they attack here again. >> reporter: pyongyang is also threatening to shut down an industrial area the two nations share. [ people chanting ] this latest wave of tension comes after the united states flew two stealth bombers over the korean peninsula. friday kim jong-un met with military leaders and put the country's missiles on standby ready to attack u.s. military bases in the region. erica ferrari for cbs news. >>> experts say there's no evidence north korea has missiles capable of hitting the united states' mainland. >>> and today is the 40th anniversary of t
still, south korea and washington are taking the threats by kim jong-un seriously. >> even if he may be bluffing he's obviously listening to hard liners. every time there's a new south korean president they test them with a military provocation. >> reporter: tension in the region is nothing new. they have technically been in is a ate of war for of -- state of war for 60 years, but on a border island residents are nervous. [ speaking foreign language ] this 83-year-old says my heart...
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kim jong-un has not conned sosold dated his position. the army is upset because a number of generals have been relieved and so things could really go off the rails. also, no other leader in the region can back down because in south korea the military is just sick and fed up of accepting blow after blow from the north koreans and not doing anything, and in china you have a troubled position where the military is more powerful. the chinese military has traditionalcally supported north korea. what we have is a volatile situation where these blustering words from kim jong-un. >> michael: with all this conflict from north korea, how does it effect us? is this possibly an opportunity that hasn't existed in north korea for some sort of change if the army generals are all upset with kim and everybody else is upset with kim, is that possibly a good thing? >> well, it could be. i mean, some people believe that kim is sort of appeasing the generals so he can go out and implement economic reforms. we got to remember in all of these threats and every
kim jong-un has not conned sosold dated his position. the army is upset because a number of generals have been relieved and so things could really go off the rails. also, no other leader in the region can back down because in south korea the military is just sick and fed up of accepting blow after blow from the north koreans and not doing anything, and in china you have a troubled position where the military is more powerful. the chinese military has traditionalcally supported north korea. what...
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but kim jong-un is an enigma and a dangerous one at that. the youngest son of kim jong-il he had a privileged upbringing while millions of north koreans starved. attending a boarding school in switzerland under a false name. a classmate remembers him as a shy teenager. >> he was very quiet. he didn't speak with anyone. he was competitive at sports. he didn't like to lose. >> he liked basketball and football and video games. his father had served a long apprenticeship before taking over the kingdom. but kim jong-un became a general in his 20s without serving a day in the military. when his father died in 2011, kim jong-un became supreme leader and the propaganda machine went into overdrive. >> they had been trying to establish his expertise, he speaks eight language, he's a military genius. >> reporter: and a leader with the complete backing of the military. in the first public remarks as leader he spoke of the heart break of a divided korea, but there was also a warning. >> our military has become a powerful military. able to handle any kind
but kim jong-un is an enigma and a dangerous one at that. the youngest son of kim jong-il he had a privileged upbringing while millions of north koreans starved. attending a boarding school in switzerland under a false name. a classmate remembers him as a shy teenager. >> he was very quiet. he didn't speak with anyone. he was competitive at sports. he didn't like to lose. >> he liked basketball and football and video games. his father had served a long apprenticeship before taking...
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kim jong un saying he will restart previously closed nuclear reactors. second he closed down a shared industrial park. one of the few signs of cooperation that they had had with south korea. >> reporter: if you ask experts here what kind of signs would worry them, they would almost always mention the shutting down of that industrial park. just inside north korea. it's the only north and south korea joint venture and it has been a bellwether of north south relations. this morning when the shift change of south korean managers and truckers got to the border they were told in so many words to go home. meanwhile inside the park, some 800 south koreans opted to stay there to watch over their businesses. so this is poorly ratcheting up the tension in an already tense environment. kim jong un has declared he is reactivating an old nuclear reactor for electricity and to beef up nuclear weapons building. experts are saying that both of the gestures are meant most of all to scare south koreans and americans into new rounds of talks and concessions. >> thank you ve
kim jong un saying he will restart previously closed nuclear reactors. second he closed down a shared industrial park. one of the few signs of cooperation that they had had with south korea. >> reporter: if you ask experts here what kind of signs would worry them, they would almost always mention the shutting down of that industrial park. just inside north korea. it's the only north and south korea joint venture and it has been a bellwether of north south relations. this morning when the...
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kim jong-un's father, the late kim jong-il, has long wanted north korea to become a full-fledged nuclear power. he believed it would help strengthen his country's negotiating position with the u.s. but authorities in pyongyang have always insisted the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. north korean scientists intends for their work in the mid 1980s. the u.s., south korea, japan, and other nations demanded full access to nuclear facilities. but north korean officials refused. they ignored international protests and in 1994 instrutted scientists to extract plutonium from spent fuel rods. the six-party talks began in 2003 with the goal of halting the north's nuclear development. the north koreans agreed in 2007 to dismantle nuclear facilities at nyongbyon. international atomic energy inspectors confirmed the same year that crews had stopped operating the reactor. by then, former iaea inspector david albright estimated the country already possessed as much as 50 kilograms of plutonium. however, the north koreans might have used up some of their supply. they carried out three nuclear e
kim jong-un's father, the late kim jong-il, has long wanted north korea to become a full-fledged nuclear power. he believed it would help strengthen his country's negotiating position with the u.s. but authorities in pyongyang have always insisted the nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. north korean scientists intends for their work in the mid 1980s. the u.s., south korea, japan, and other nations demanded full access to nuclear facilities. but north korean officials refused. they ignored...
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i was there two and a half years ago and my sense was with kim jong il who was the father of kim jong un, and the north korean diplomatic core that they cooled down a little bit. they didn't get bellicose after that. the problem is that they have not responded positively to entreaties from the six party countries. the key player here is china. china has leverage. they provide food, fuel. but i don't think china is helping much in terms of putting pressure on the north koreans to tamp down their rhetoric and cool their nuclear development. >> i want to get to that question. you said you were there two and a half years ago. but you were there within the last two months with famouslier rick schmidt, a business executive. did you get any kind of access like dennis rodman got to this guy? >> no. rodman got a lot better access than myself and eric schmidt. we got access to high level officials in the foreign ministry and other areas, but we didn't meet kim jong un. i don't think they want to meet with officials. i think they want to hide him for a while. what is happening two and a half yea
i was there two and a half years ago and my sense was with kim jong il who was the father of kim jong un, and the north korean diplomatic core that they cooled down a little bit. they didn't get bellicose after that. the problem is that they have not responded positively to entreaties from the six party countries. the key player here is china. china has leverage. they provide food, fuel. but i don't think china is helping much in terms of putting pressure on the north koreans to tamp down their...
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with kim jong-un we had some relationship of his life. but this is new. >> this raises an important issue, fareed, because the u.s. has terrific technical information, satellite, intercepts, that kind of stuff, but not necessarily good insight into what is going on with the 28 or 29 or 30-year-old young leader in north korea. >> wolf, when you talk to senior u.s. officials, te really know nothing about what's going on in north korea. it's a black box. we haven't had diplomats this, of course, we haven't had much of a presence in terms of the cia. we don't understand the society. the this is true not just of north korea, it's true of iran. the u.s. has real difficulty understanding these rogue regimes, because we don't talk to them. >> hold on, guys, we have more to talk about amongst ourselves. up next, kim jong-un's leadership has been questioned. is someone else really running the show behind the scenes? new information coming in. >>> a closer look at north korea's arsenal reveals it may not be the weapons that pose the biggest danger.
with kim jong-un we had some relationship of his life. but this is new. >> this raises an important issue, fareed, because the u.s. has terrific technical information, satellite, intercepts, that kind of stuff, but not necessarily good insight into what is going on with the 28 or 29 or 30-year-old young leader in north korea. >> wolf, when you talk to senior u.s. officials, te really know nothing about what's going on in north korea. it's a black box. we haven't had diplomats this,...
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leelder kim jong un attended the meeting. they adopted legislation to reenforce the nation's nuclear capabilities. they also voted to create a bureau of what they call space development. security analysts sat rocket program is a cover for developing balic missiles. dell fwats agreed to increase the quantity and quality of records. the parliament reappointed pack upon ju to the commission. he was appointed director of the light industry. he'll pay a key role in economic policy. >>> the economic interests of north korean leaders are in some cases trumping feelings of animosity they have toward their neighbor. they allowed south korean workers to cross the border on monday to operate a jointly run industrial complex. but some of the workers say the atmosphere at the facility has changed. north korean officials said over the woke end, they would close the industrial park if south korea continued trying to undermine their nation's dignity. they announced monday they would allow personnel in and out of the zone. many of the workers
leelder kim jong un attended the meeting. they adopted legislation to reenforce the nation's nuclear capabilities. they also voted to create a bureau of what they call space development. security analysts sat rocket program is a cover for developing balic missiles. dell fwats agreed to increase the quantity and quality of records. the parliament reappointed pack upon ju to the commission. he was appointed director of the light industry. he'll pay a key role in economic policy. >>> the...
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if it's war is not kim kim jongs end game, what's he want? what's the likelihood of a conflict happening, considering the tensions are high and there is a lot of posturing, political and otherwise, military involved here? >> i think the likelihood of another deadly provocation on the part of north korea is actually quite high. maybe not at this time because they never strike when our readiness is high. our readiness is high right now because we have these joint south korea-u.s. military exercises. when they conclude at the end of this month and when our readiness falls back to normal and when we're not looking, that's when the north koreans typically strike. so maybe sometime this summer. maybe sometime this fall. i think the north koreans will do that because as you said, kim jong-un has painted himself into a corner. he's got an increasingly fragile regime. no north korean leader has had a smaller base of support than he has had since 1949. that's one year after the founding of the north korea. so this is a dangerous situation. that's why t
if it's war is not kim kim jongs end game, what's he want? what's the likelihood of a conflict happening, considering the tensions are high and there is a lot of posturing, political and otherwise, military involved here? >> i think the likelihood of another deadly provocation on the part of north korea is actually quite high. maybe not at this time because they never strike when our readiness is high. our readiness is high right now because we have these joint south korea-u.s. military...
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and kim jong-un's new pal. did dennis rodman have any influence at all on the north korean leader or on his plan of attack? >>> i'm wolf blitzer, and this is "the situation room" special report, the north korean crisis. >>> the obama administration is struggling right now to calm an explosive situation if north korea. as we reported, kim jong-un may be gearing up for a new missile launch soon after weeks of warmongering. take a look at how he's ramping up tensions if the region. >> tensions began to sky robert if mid-february when north korea went ahead with its third nuclear test. imposed punishing new sanctions a few weeks later. the u.s. planned war games with south korea, and the north said it was pulling out of the agreement that ended the korean war. direct threats against america intensified. north korean tv aired a video simulating an attack on the white house and the capital building. in a show of force, the u.s. added nuclear capable b-2 stealth bombers to its military drills with south korea. then, k
and kim jong-un's new pal. did dennis rodman have any influence at all on the north korean leader or on his plan of attack? >>> i'm wolf blitzer, and this is "the situation room" special report, the north korean crisis. >>> the obama administration is struggling right now to calm an explosive situation if north korea. as we reported, kim jong-un may be gearing up for a new missile launch soon after weeks of warmongering. take a look at how he's ramping up tensions if...
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then kim jong-un put his forces onldz stand by to strike the u.s. mainland, guam and hawaii and declared a state of war with the south. u.s. stealth fighter jets joined those war games in the region and the threats went nuclear. north korea said it would restart a closed plutonium reactor. and the regime claimed plans for a nuclear attack on the u.s. were ready to go. the u.s. has ordered missile defenses to guam, as fears grow that north korea may be planning a launch soon. we've assembled our own security council here in "the situation room," including some of the more knowledgeable folks about north korea to try to break all of this down for you. joining us now is tommy vietor, he served in the obama white house. he's a former spokesman for the national security council. also joining us, christopher hill, the former u.s. ambassador to south korea. he's now dean of the school of international studies at the university of denver. and retired u.s. navy admiral william fallon. he served as the head of the u.s. pacific command and u.s. central command
then kim jong-un put his forces onldz stand by to strike the u.s. mainland, guam and hawaii and declared a state of war with the south. u.s. stealth fighter jets joined those war games in the region and the threats went nuclear. north korea said it would restart a closed plutonium reactor. and the regime claimed plans for a nuclear attack on the u.s. were ready to go. the u.s. has ordered missile defenses to guam, as fears grow that north korea may be planning a launch soon. we've assembled our...
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and followers should clearly know that everything is different in the era of respected kim jong-un. >> paul: those really are fighting words, but how serious a threat is it? let's ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninging, matt comiskey and kim strassel. are we on the brink of war or it's a bluff? >> it's happened before and they've done the kind of threats. the thing about north korea, we don't know. we don't know much about who is running north korea, a new, 28, 29, 30-year-old leader in kim jong-un. >> paul: we don't know how old he is. >> exactly. and is he controlled by the generals. is he doing this to establish his own legitimacy? we have the questions and there's a danger will north korea if you push them too far, they might do something stupid. >> paul: push them too far, how? they're reacting to the sanctions that the u.s. put on after the last launch and nuclear test. how does the world respond to that when it's a violation of global norms and previous u.n. actions? >> absolutely, you don't know because they are unpredictable and you be very careful
and followers should clearly know that everything is different in the era of respected kim jong-un. >> paul: those really are fighting words, but how serious a threat is it? let's ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninging, matt comiskey and kim strassel. are we on the brink of war or it's a bluff? >> it's happened before and they've done the kind of threats. the thing about north korea, we don't know. we don't know much about who is running north korea, a...
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few are as isolate said as those like kim jong-un. two million north koreans have starved to death and the regime is pouring the resources in the development of nuclear. they have a militarized device and suggested that the dprk could be ready to strike the u.s. with an intercontinental missile. aides know that north korea receive 45 percent of the food and 90 percent of the energy reports and so for the moment the administration like the predecessors remains hopeful that beijing ask exexert impact. time is not now on our side. harris. >> and thank you for more on we'll bring in bob scale who is a fox military an limpt. >> hi, harris. >> when you hear state of war and as a former general who led troops in battle what does it many to you. >> it depends. in the case of north korea the rhetoric has been going on every spring. the wild card and what has people dinnered is who it is coming from. it is coming from kim jong-un as you said. 28 year old socio path who know one understands. he's sacked many of the senior generals and had some o
few are as isolate said as those like kim jong-un. two million north koreans have starved to death and the regime is pouring the resources in the development of nuclear. they have a militarized device and suggested that the dprk could be ready to strike the u.s. with an intercontinental missile. aides know that north korea receive 45 percent of the food and 90 percent of the energy reports and so for the moment the administration like the predecessors remains hopeful that beijing ask exexert...
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these are major developments. >> what is kim jong un trying to do? northis trying to ensure korea will be recognized as a nuclear state. that is the intention. >> what is a knock on affect? >> it is profound. north korea retaining its nuclear weapons and what it means for the region. tot it means with respect potential nuclear arms race. for the potential proliferation. it is very significant. >> this is made more complicated by the fact that we we have a new leader in the north, but also in the south who would like to show that she is more robust than her predecessors. >> she has to be more robust than her predecessors. her predecessors were very strong and added with a north in respect to denuclearization. telling north korea you cannot get away with what you do in 2010 when you took down one of our vessels and shelling anand an island. i think this is what the people of the korea expect and this is what she will do. >> what are the options? you were involved at a time when there seemed to be more progress towards negotiations during the six party
these are major developments. >> what is kim jong un trying to do? northis trying to ensure korea will be recognized as a nuclear state. that is the intention. >> what is a knock on affect? >> it is profound. north korea retaining its nuclear weapons and what it means for the region. tot it means with respect potential nuclear arms race. for the potential proliferation. it is very significant. >> this is made more complicated by the fact that we we have a new leader in...
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kim jong-un today undid years of diplomacy. vowing to reopen the yongbyon nuclear reactor, capable of producing enough plutonium to make a nuclear bomb a year.
kim jong-un today undid years of diplomacy. vowing to reopen the yongbyon nuclear reactor, capable of producing enough plutonium to make a nuclear bomb a year.
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it is to prove kim jong un's capability. and second to send a message of a very powerful deterrent to the united states. and then down the road there might be the possibility of negotiating with north korea and north korea feels it can negotiate from a position of strength. >> are you surprised by the stridency of the language that you are hearing from p'yongyang with reference to the u.s. at the moment? >> we have seen a lot of bellicose language come from north korea but we have never seen anything quite at this level. we never heard the north koreans say explicitly that they will target american cities with nuclear weapons. the type of language is familiar but the little -- level of rhetoric and specificity of their threats is something we have not seen before. >> the tone of what you were saying, you seem to be suggesting that we should take a deep breath and as californians were suggesting, not be that concern. >> we should be concerned because the situation is very tense but the concern should not be about north korea
it is to prove kim jong un's capability. and second to send a message of a very powerful deterrent to the united states. and then down the road there might be the possibility of negotiating with north korea and north korea feels it can negotiate from a position of strength. >> are you surprised by the stridency of the language that you are hearing from p'yongyang with reference to the u.s. at the moment? >> we have seen a lot of bellicose language come from north korea but we have...
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look at this video from late 2011, the funeral of kim's father, kim jong il. the hearse surrounded by his hand-picked successors. since then nearly all have fallen from favor except kim jong un. the world's last stalinist state talking war to stay in power. pyongyang's secrecy makes the old soviet kremlin look transparent. north korea appears to want to pick a fight. the u.s. says if it comes to that it's ready. brian? >> richard engel starting us off with what it's really like these days in seoul, south korea. richard, thanks. >>> a stunning new assessment of national numbers came out today. it got the attention of a lot of us. it's about attention deficit, adhd and the extraordinary number of cases now being diagnosed. like one in five high school age boys in the u.s. 15% of all school age boys. 11% of all kids in our nation. these numbers show a 16% rise in cases just since 2007. all of it is leading to questions about whether adhd is being overdiagnosed and whether the medicine to treat it is being overused. our report tonight from our chief science corres
look at this video from late 2011, the funeral of kim's father, kim jong il. the hearse surrounded by his hand-picked successors. since then nearly all have fallen from favor except kim jong un. the world's last stalinist state talking war to stay in power. pyongyang's secrecy makes the old soviet kremlin look transparent. north korea appears to want to pick a fight. the u.s. says if it comes to that it's ready. brian? >> richard engel starting us off with what it's really like these days...
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kim jong un's predecessors have experienced war, but he hasn't, because he's too young. so he might expect to get results by using force. but the threats from pyongyang could wiped down at the end of this month, when the u.s., south korea drills finish. north korea is focusing on july 27th. the anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war in 1953. officials announced they were nullifying the armistice. this sounds like a threat to provoke south korea and the united states. it's unclear what they will gain with this series of threats. >> a u.s. veteran has finally come face-to-face with a south korean woman he saved during the korean war 60 years ago. former airman and radio mechanic, richard cadwallader was reunited on sunday in seoul. she was severely burned during an accident in the war. her mother carried her to a u.s. base and begged for help. he did his best to make sure she got medical attention. he asked the government to find kim, now 71 years old. >> she and her mother were two examples of the most courageous people i've ever known. so this is a monume
kim jong un's predecessors have experienced war, but he hasn't, because he's too young. so he might expect to get results by using force. but the threats from pyongyang could wiped down at the end of this month, when the u.s., south korea drills finish. north korea is focusing on july 27th. the anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war in 1953. officials announced they were nullifying the armistice. this sounds like a threat to provoke south korea and the united states. it's...
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. >>> the pentagon confirms an anti-missile basis being sent to guam, where kim jong-un is at issue. nbc bay area steve handelsman has the latest for us this evening from washington, d.c. steve? >> reporter: raj, thank you, this move to try to shield guam comes as north korea has renewed the threat to attack the u.s. trying to figure out what is going on with this young, erratic north korean leader, kim jong-un, the officials in washington are looking into it. bayers went up at the kaesong industrial area, more than 100 factories couldn't operate. the latest move by north korea look s drastic, because it hurt north koreans who work here. 50,000, cheap labor for south korean companies, one of the few ways the north and south cooperate. >> this is a symbol that kept people talking and moving. >> reporter: now that is snapped by kim jong-un, a new line crossed by north korea's erratic leader, who vowed yesterday to reopen a nuclear weapons reactor, and vowed yesterday to attack u.s. cities. the pentagon confirms a system is being sent to the u.s. base on guam, to intercept any north kor
. >>> the pentagon confirms an anti-missile basis being sent to guam, where kim jong-un is at issue. nbc bay area steve handelsman has the latest for us this evening from washington, d.c. steve? >> reporter: raj, thank you, this move to try to shield guam comes as north korea has renewed the threat to attack the u.s. trying to figure out what is going on with this young, erratic north korean leader, kim jong-un, the officials in washington are looking into it. bayers went up at...
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at no time had he had a smaller basis of support that kim jong-un today. all of the threats he's backing himself in a corner and doesn't know the consequences of what he's doing and the window for violence is open. >> talk about the timing of the threat. what do you sigh as being significant at this point? >> north korea always makes threats before the south korea and will united states do the joint drills and they did it this year. but most of the time north korea goes silent and this time the warnings are more dire and intense and that means something is different this year than previous years. we need to have a vigilant posture. >> do you think that the young leader is trying to create an aura among his people that he is in charge and he is not his father? >> i totally agree with that. but the problem is, he may not know where the line s. kim jong-il used murdered effect itchly and murdered a number ever americans and south koreas but hoo got away with it kim jong-un has to make himself appear better than his dad and he may miscal cuate. he don't know a
at no time had he had a smaller basis of support that kim jong-un today. all of the threats he's backing himself in a corner and doesn't know the consequences of what he's doing and the window for violence is open. >> talk about the timing of the threat. what do you sigh as being significant at this point? >> north korea always makes threats before the south korea and will united states do the joint drills and they did it this year. but most of the time north korea goes silent and...
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the great successor was his youngest son, kim jong-un. then in his mid 20s. a new generation it was hoped but so far, the same outlook. hostility towards the outside world, especially south korea and the united states. and with the world's fourth largest army, north korea continues its military first policy. perhaps the most important message this regime is trying to send at home and abroad is that this new leader is adored by his people. the young kim's leadership is constantly reinforced by a lavish state media. videos like this one show an army officer wiping his eyes, overcome with emotion as kim jong-un speaks personally to him. even the television announcer is emotional as she proclaims this to be a historic moment for these soldiers. and recently, the regime has racheted up the propaganda just as it's racheted up its threats. and this is how a cult of personality is born and nurtured. we see soldiers and their families at a military outpost running to greet kim jong-un. he hugs and kisses the little children, who surround him. the crowds in front of th
the great successor was his youngest son, kim jong-un. then in his mid 20s. a new generation it was hoped but so far, the same outlook. hostility towards the outside world, especially south korea and the united states. and with the world's fourth largest army, north korea continues its military first policy. perhaps the most important message this regime is trying to send at home and abroad is that this new leader is adored by his people. the young kim's leadership is constantly reinforced by a...
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jong un's regime it seems that the u.s. is doing those things to make correct evaluation on king john so that the nuclear problem doesn't see it and i'm putting stress with south korea with the joint military drills but i don't think it is really helping in terms of into korean peace to. and in the meantime the u.n. says the deadlock has gone too far and north korea claimed its missile units are combat ready and warned of a possible preemptive strike on the u.s. and seoul. has written extensively about u.s. foreign policy and east asian politics it believes both sides should know very well that the playing a role the dangerous game when you escalate to this point any small mistake can turn into a major catastrophe and that's the danger north korea itself knows that if it didn't attack it didn't attack the united states it would be committing national suicide united states would retaliate in a tremendous fashion north korea does not want to commit suicide i believe north korea is doing all this so it can get to a point to ac
jong un's regime it seems that the u.s. is doing those things to make correct evaluation on king john so that the nuclear problem doesn't see it and i'm putting stress with south korea with the joint military drills but i don't think it is really helping in terms of into korean peace to. and in the meantime the u.n. says the deadlock has gone too far and north korea claimed its missile units are combat ready and warned of a possible preemptive strike on the u.s. and seoul. has written...
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as you pointed out, when kim jong-il emphasized the military over the party. this is important for a new north korean leader. this is the second time you have a succession in the kim family the first time this has happened in a communist regime. checking the box and pressing the military and this is typical behavior for dictators. if you create an external threat it distracts people from the horrible job they are doing as far as a government. >> gregg: they have not perfected their weapon to put them on a long range delivery system to hit the united states. what about 30,000 american troops in neighboring south korea? >> they are vulnerable as in the u.s. territory of guam and japanese allies. there is a tendency in the state department when i was there and throughout allied foreign ministries and even defense ministries to chuckle at north korea and its ambitions. but it had a minor nuclear test in 2006 and last better, three kilotons and recently up to 7 kilotons which is half the power of hiroshima and same progress on long-range missiles. they have success
as you pointed out, when kim jong-il emphasized the military over the party. this is important for a new north korean leader. this is the second time you have a succession in the kim family the first time this has happened in a communist regime. checking the box and pressing the military and this is typical behavior for dictators. if you create an external threat it distracts people from the horrible job they are doing as far as a government. >> gregg: they have not perfected their weapon...
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does this mean kim jong-un isn't bluffing? secretary of state jan kerry warned the u.s. is watching closely. >> the bottom line is very simply that what kim jong-un has been choosing to do is provocative, dangerous, reckless, and the united states will not september the dprk as a nuclear
does this mean kim jong-un isn't bluffing? secretary of state jan kerry warned the u.s. is watching closely. >> the bottom line is very simply that what kim jong-un has been choosing to do is provocative, dangerous, reckless, and the united states will not september the dprk as a nuclear
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>> well, you know, kim jong un is a new leader. he has taken things further than his father or grandfather. threats of a nuclear strike against the u.s. main land. he does not have the capability to do that, but the fact that he would say that he is climbing way out on the limb and the question is can he back down? he can swing at us with all the fiery rhetoric, but we have yet to see if he is capele of backing down gracefully and letting things cool off, miguel. >> the u.s. has to back up south korea, and there are 29,000 u.s. troops here. what kind of response are we seeing out of washington to seoul? >> they are relying on deterrence. they know the joint military detourants are the best they have. they don't expect north korea to make an assault on the south here. and they expect provocations, we expect a missile launch, test one of the new medium range missiles, and that poses a threat if it were used in the military sense. they have spy ships, and they want to monitor it closely. miguel, this is not a well-tested missile. nobo
>> well, you know, kim jong un is a new leader. he has taken things further than his father or grandfather. threats of a nuclear strike against the u.s. main land. he does not have the capability to do that, but the fact that he would say that he is climbing way out on the limb and the question is can he back down? he can swing at us with all the fiery rhetoric, but we have yet to see if he is capele of backing down gracefully and letting things cool off, miguel. >> the u.s. has to...
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what does kim jong-un really want? >> it's very clear his state of war does not preclude doing business with the south. their joint industrial park in north korea is still open, so it's not like he's about to start launching rockets into south korea. i think what he clearly wants is more money, more respect and he probably wants a restart of the negotiations with the united states from a position of greater strength. he has clearly failed on absolutely every one of those counts over the last two weeks. i think that's what's actually agitating observers, not the notion that we're at the precipice of war. >> this guy is new, ian. he's 28, 29 years old. maybe 30 if we're to believe the press reports. where is his off ramp? how does he get out of this and not lose face with the generals who have so much power in his country? >> you know, the funny thing he's the longest standing head of state in east asia, compared to the president of south korea and president park in south korea. he's got the longest run of power, but he'
what does kim jong-un really want? >> it's very clear his state of war does not preclude doing business with the south. their joint industrial park in north korea is still open, so it's not like he's about to start launching rockets into south korea. i think what he clearly wants is more money, more respect and he probably wants a restart of the negotiations with the united states from a position of greater strength. he has clearly failed on absolutely every one of those counts over the...
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kim jong un may be playing to a domestic audience, using the hysteria to rally his people. security officials warn he may be more reckless even than his father, the late kim jong il leading to fears of more conflict on the korean peninsula. >> security officials are bracing for a fresh volley of violent rhetoric. brian? >> ian williams, seoul, south korea, for us tonight. ian, thanks. >>> another dangerous hot spot the u.s. has to keep a close eye on is syria where at least a dozen students were killed today when damascus university came under fire right in the heart of the capital. mortar strikes have increased in and around damascus in recent days as rebels fighting president assad's forces try to enter that city again. >>> as the holiest days of the catholic church calendar year are upon us, pope francis took part in a holy thursday ritual, a show of humility mirroring christ washing the feet of his disciples prior to his crucifixion. he went to a juvenile detention center in rome today, washed and kissed the feet of 12 young inmates held there. the banks were open in cy
kim jong un may be playing to a domestic audience, using the hysteria to rally his people. security officials warn he may be more reckless even than his father, the late kim jong il leading to fears of more conflict on the korean peninsula. >> security officials are bracing for a fresh volley of violent rhetoric. brian? >> ian williams, seoul, south korea, for us tonight. ian, thanks. >>> another dangerous hot spot the u.s. has to keep a close eye on is syria where at least...
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. >> reporter: can north korea's kim jong un really launch a nuclear attack? u.s. intelligence says pñyes. the north does have an atomic warhead that fits on a missile. but only on a missile with a range of 1,000 miles seen here. maybe 2,000 miles. no way to it will the u.s. but south korea, japan, even guam could be in range. u.s. forces in danger. and the pentagon is rushing to get an anti-missile system in place in guam. despite the show of force by the u.s. and south korea, north korea's vowed to reopen a nuclear weapons plant. to use the nuclears it has now. years of negotiations embargos not. the only way we're going to basically denuclearize is regime change from within. but thousands of north koreans marched in support of kim jong un, carrying banners that read, let's destroy our mortal enemy, the united states. asian experts in and out of government say they have never seen north korea this belligerent. from washington, i'm steve handelsman, nbc bay area news. >>> a hotly anticipated new book by former secretary of state hillary clinton could shed new lig
. >> reporter: can north korea's kim jong un really launch a nuclear attack? u.s. intelligence says pñyes. the north does have an atomic warhead that fits on a missile. but only on a missile with a range of 1,000 miles seen here. maybe 2,000 miles. no way to it will the u.s. but south korea, japan, even guam could be in range. u.s. forces in danger. and the pentagon is rushing to get an anti-missile system in place in guam. despite the show of force by the u.s. and south korea, north...
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father kim jong il today. in those cases there were individual military actions, the sinking of the south korean ship, the shelling of a south korean island but the north has always managed to stop short of the kind of wider ken it i can action that would be deeply destabilizing. i think the white house, while they're still concerned, sees it more in that vein than as a truly irrational new threat that they're dealing with. >> charlie: chris, talk to me about... because you've thought about this as well. the miscalculation that might occur. >> well, certainly. first of all, the u.s. has these exercises every year. the exercises are for the purpose of making sure that we can execute the plan that we have to defend south korea. that happens every year. every year the north koreans object. the difference this year is it's much more prolonged. it's gone on for some time. it's involved some really heightened bluster. and so i guess the question is, when these exercises end toward the end of april, will the north ko
father kim jong il today. in those cases there were individual military actions, the sinking of the south korean ship, the shelling of a south korean island but the north has always managed to stop short of the kind of wider ken it i can action that would be deeply destabilizing. i think the white house, while they're still concerned, sees it more in that vein than as a truly irrational new threat that they're dealing with. >> charlie: chris, talk to me about... because you've thought...
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it look like kim jong-un very angry about new sanctions as well as the ongoing u.s./south korean war games going on not far from here is undoing any progress made in the past. that said, experts are calling this probably more symbolic than anything else. much of the plant was destroyed and would need to be completely rebuilt. that could take years. meanwhile, we're now three days after kim jong-un effectively declared war on the united states and south korea. we've seen no signs of north korean troop mobilization or imminent attack. most analysts are telling us that a full blown conflict between north and south is extremely unlikely. still, taking no chances, the pentagon confirmed that the u.s.-guided missile destroy has been rerouted from the pacific ocean and is heading this way. the mccain has been here before back in december and is most likely meant to monitor activity from off shore, especially any future missile tests which are expected now to be launched by north koreans. betty, back to you. >> effort of taking no chances. jim maceda in south korea. >>> cour
it look like kim jong-un very angry about new sanctions as well as the ongoing u.s./south korean war games going on not far from here is undoing any progress made in the past. that said, experts are calling this probably more symbolic than anything else. much of the plant was destroyed and would need to be completely rebuilt. that could take years. meanwhile, we're now three days after kim jong-un effectively declared war on the united states and south korea. we've seen no signs of north korean...
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but i think also his, kim jong-un's regent who is kim jong il's brother-in-law. he appears to be a key figure. there's probably a kind of rule of civilians around that, the so-called nomenclature who kind of work with the military. i can't emphasize enough the fact tat even though this has caused an international crisis, when you sit there in pyongyang you have no concept that there's a greater world out there. you're just talking about who got... which mercedes last week. i mean it is a very insular crowd. so decisions may be made for reasons that we have no idea why they're being made. >> charlie: mark, let me come back to u.s. options and what they think they are. >> i think the u.s. at the moment is stick to go the strategy they've had now for four years which goes under the name stratic patience. the u.s. doesn't agree to si down to direct talk s with the north koreans unless they denuclearize, renounce their nuclear weapons. they continue to layer on harsher and harsher sanctions in the hope that evidence notwithstanding that they will have some kind of imp
but i think also his, kim jong-un's regent who is kim jong il's brother-in-law. he appears to be a key figure. there's probably a kind of rule of civilians around that, the so-called nomenclature who kind of work with the military. i can't emphasize enough the fact tat even though this has caused an international crisis, when you sit there in pyongyang you have no concept that there's a greater world out there. you're just talking about who got... which mercedes last week. i mean it is a very...
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i guess, young kim jong un forgot his country has been at war for six decades. but this fresh round of trets comes as the north pledges to build a nuclear bomb. pyongyang suspended. the pentagon is reposition a destroyer in the region after sending f-22 fighter jets to south korea this week. jim maceda is live in south korea. they can retaliate if the north strikes, but what are the odds that will actually happen? what signs are you watching for? >> reporter: it has always been extremely unlikely that north korea would launch a full scale offensive against the south. that is, using its arsenal of artillery, missiles, 700,000 soldiers amassed at its bored he. kim jong un is young. he is naive but he's not crazy. at least that's how it goes. it is much more likely it would be a smaller strike like if you recall, the torpedo attack back in 2010 on a south korean vessel that killed almost 50 south korean soldiers. that kind of strike is possible. u.s./south korean war games are ongoing for another month. we know how much that antagonizes kim jong un. so striking a s
i guess, young kim jong un forgot his country has been at war for six decades. but this fresh round of trets comes as the north pledges to build a nuclear bomb. pyongyang suspended. the pentagon is reposition a destroyer in the region after sending f-22 fighter jets to south korea this week. jim maceda is live in south korea. they can retaliate if the north strikes, but what are the odds that will actually happen? what signs are you watching for? >> reporter: it has always been extremely...